The Birds got on the board early, taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Dontrell Brown doubled to centerfield and later scored when Jay McGee was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Dollarway tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning and took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second.

The Ricebirds answered with a big third inning, taking a 5-2 lead.

Brown was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Taylor Daniels belted a two-run home run to put Stuttgart up 3-2. Regan Counce stepped up in the next at-bat and launched a solo home run of his own for the 4-2 Stuttgart lead. Jacob Clawson doubled to right and scored on a sacrifice fly from Hunter Harris to put the Ricebirds up 5-2.

The score held until the top of the sixth when the Ricebirds added another run.Brown singled and Counce and McGee drew walks to load the bases. Brown scored on a passed ball to give Stuttgart the 6-2 advantage.

Dollarway cut the Ricebird lead to 6-3 in the bottom of the inning, but Stuttgart put up a five-run seventh that all but sealed the win.

Carter Ward was hit by a pitch, before Jon Curtis singled to right. Gere Elam’s sacrifice advanced the runners. Ward scored on a passed ball, just before Brown was hit by a pitch. Curtis and Brown scored on a groundout to short by Daniels to put Stuttgart up 9-3. Counce singled to left, followed by a walk from McGee.

Clawson singled to centerfield, scoring Counce and McGee for the 11-3 Ricebird advantage.

Dollarway attempted a rally in the bottom of the seventh, but could only muster two runs as Stuttgart came away with the 11-5 victory.

Clawson, Counce and Brown all had two hits for the Ricebirds, while Daniels accounted for four RBIs. Brown scored four runs for Stuttgart.

Andrew Hoskyn, Curtis, Elam and Harris combined for the win on the mound. Elam struck out six, while giving up two hits. Curtis totaled five strikeouts with three hits.

The Birds are back in action Thursday when they travel to Lonoke for a 4:30 p.m. conference matchup.